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Leon Hirszman

Leon Hirszman

Director · 1937–1987 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Biography

Leon Hirszman (Rio de Janeiro, November 22, 1937 — Rio de Janeiro, September 15, 1987) was a Brazilian filmmaker and one of the main exponents of the movement known as Cinema Novo. A member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), his work is marked by the influence of central Marxist theses in political debates in Latin America and by the politicized representation of the working class.

Directed 23

1990s

  1. 1997

    Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado

    Director

  2. 1996

    Bahia de Todos os Sambas

    Director

  3. 1990

    ABC of a Strike

    Director

1980s

  1. 1987

    Imagens do Inconsciente - Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano

    Director

  2. Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol

    Director

  3. No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes

    Director

  4. Images of the Unconscious

    Director

  5. 1981

    They Don't Wear Black Tie

    Director

1970s

  1. 1978

    Rio, Carnaval da Vida

    Director

  2. 1976

    Partido Alto

    Director

  3. Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar

    Director

  4. Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau

    Director

  5. 1975

    Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão

    Director

  6. 1973

    Ecologia

    Director

  7. Megalopolis

    Director

  8. 1972

    Saint Bernard

    Director

  9. 1971

    Médio São Francisco

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    Nelson Cavaquinho

    Director

  2. Sexta-feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia

    Director

  3. 1967

    The Girl from Ipanema

    Director

  4. 1965

    The Deceased

    Director

  5. 1964

    Absolute Majority

    Director

  6. 1962

    Five Times Favela

    Director

Wrote 10

1990s

  1. 1997

    Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1987

    Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol

    Writer

  2. No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes

    Screenplay

  3. Images of the Unconscious

    Screenplay

  4. 1981

    They Don't Wear Black Tie

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1972

    Saint Bernard

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1967

    The Girl from Ipanema

    Screenplay, Story

  2. 1965

    The Deceased

    Writer

  3. 1964

    Absolute Majority

    Writer

  4. 1962

    Five Times Favela

    Writer

Produced 8

1990s

  1. 1996

    Bahia de Todos os Sambas

    Associate Producer

1970s

  1. 1976

    Partido Alto

    Producer

  2. 1975

    Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão

    Producer

  3. 1971

    Faustão

    Executive Producer

  4. 1970

    A Vingança dos Doze

    Executive Producer

1960s

  1. 1967

    The Girl from Ipanema

    Producer

  2. 1964

    A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow

    Producer

  3. 1962

    Five Times Favela

    Producer

Acted in 3

2000s

  1. 2007

    Let Me Tell You

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1987

    Vianinha

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1963

    The Beggars

    Movie

Camera 1

1990s

  1. 1997

    Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado

    Director of Photography

Appearances7

2010s

  1. 2019

    Memórias do Grupo Opinião

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2017

    Dunas do Barato

    Self (archive footage)

  3. Guarnieri

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 2016

    Cinema Novo

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1996

    Bahia de Todos os Sambas

    Self (uncredited)

  2. 1990

    ABC of a Strike

    Self

1960s

  1. 1967

    Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

    Self